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that it referred to the private part and that he (1) had seen it—may Allah curse him [and disgrace him] (2).
He claimed that he could bring the dead to life by means of Allah’s Greatest Name, and he showed them feats of pseudo-magic and conjuring tricks (3). He told them how Allah began creation, claiming (4) that Allah was alone and nothing existed with Him. When He wished to create things, He uttered His Greatest Name; the Name then flew up and came to rest above His head, [upon] the crown (5). He said, “This is His saying: ‘Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High’ [Surah al-A‘lā: 1].” They related other things of this kind about him (6), which would take too long to describe. Khālid ibn Abd Allah al-Qasrī killed him (7).
They also reported of the Mansūriyya—the followers of Abū Mansūr—that they used to say of him that he
(1) (B) and (A) read: “he intimated to them that he…”
(2) The words “and disgrace him” are added only in (Ayn).
(3) (B) and (A) read: “things involving *naranjāt* (pseudo-magic) and *makhāriq* (conjuring tricks)”; (N) and (M): “something involving *nīranjiyyāt* (pseudo-magic) and *makhārīq* (conjuring tricks)”; *al-Maqālāt*: “things involving *nīranjāt* (pseudo-magic) and *makhārīq* (conjuring tricks).” According to *al-Qāmūs*, *nīranj*—with kasra on the initial consonant—is a practice resembling magic, though it is not actually magic.
(4) (B) and (A) read: “how Allah’s beginning occurred, and he claimed…” and so on; (N) and (M): “how Allah the Creator began, and he claimed…”
(5) (B) and (A) read: “the crown fell upon his head”; (N) and (M): “the crown flew above his head”; *al-Maqālāt*: “the crown fell above his head.” In *al-Fisal*, 5/43: “it fell upon his crown”; *al-Farq bayna al-Firaq* (p. [0–9]47): “That Name flew up and settled as a crown upon his head”; *al-Milal wa-l-Nihal*, 1/157: “It flew up and settled as a crown upon his head.”
(6) (Ayn) reads: “Things of this kind were related about him.”
(7) (N) and (M) read “al-Qushayrī,” which is a corruption. The account related here concerning al-Mughīra and his sect is the same as that given in al-Ash‘arī’s *Maqālāt*, 1/68–72, with slight differences. He and his sect were discussed previously at 1/63. See also: *Lisān al-Mīzān*, 6–78; al-Tabarī, *Tārīkh*, 5/456–457; *al-Maqālāt*, 1/95–96; *al-Farq bayna al-Firaq*, pp. [0–9]46–148; *al-Tabsīr fī al-Dīn*, pp. [0–9]1–22, 73; Ibn Hazm, *al-Fisal*, 5/43–44; al-Maqrīzī, *al-Khitat*, 4/349, 353; *Usūl al-Dīn*, pp. [0–9]4, 331; al-Maltī, *al-Tanbīh*, pp. [0–9]52–154; *Firaq al-Shī‘a*, pp. [0–9]2, 83–84; and *al-Bad’ wa-l-Tārīkh*, 5/130. See also the forthcoming note on the Bazīghiyya.
بِالْعَوْرَةِ وَبِأَنَّهُ
(١)
قَدْ رَآهُ، لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ
[وَأَخْزَاهُ]
(٢)
.
وَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمِ، وَأَرَاهُمْ أَشْيَاءَ مِنَ النِّيرَنْجِيَّاتِ وَالْمَخَارِيقِ
(٣)
، وَذِكَرَ لَهُمْ كَيْفَ ابْتَدَأَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ فَزَعَمَ
(٤)
أَنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ وَحْدَهُ وَلَا شَيْءَ مَعَهُ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ الْأَشْيَاءَ تَكَلَّمَ بِاسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَمِ، فَطَارَ فَوَقَعَ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ
[عَلَى]
التَّاجِ
(٥)
قَالَ: وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ:
{سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى}
[سُورَةُ الْأَعْلَى: ١]
وَذَكَرُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ هَذَا الْجِنْسِ أَشْيَاءَ
(٦)
يَطُولُ وَصْفُهَا، وَقَتَلَهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقَسْرِيُّ
(٧)
وَذَكَرُوا عَنِ الْمَنْصُورِيَّةِ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي مَنْصُورٍ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ
(١) ب، ا: يَعْرِضُ لَهُمْ بِأَنَّهُ.
(٢) وَأَخْزَاهُ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (ع) فَقَطْ.
(٣) ب، ا: الْأَشْيَاءَ مِنَ النَّرَنْجَاتِ وَالْمَخَارِقِ ; ن، م: شَيْئًا مِنَ النِّيرَنْجِيَّاتِ وَالْمَخَارِيقِ ; الْمَقَالَاتِ: أَشْيَاءَ مِنَ النِّيرَنْجَاتِ وَالْمَخَارِيقِ. وَفِي الْقَامُوسِ: النِّيرَنْجُ بِالْكَسْرِ أَخْذٌ كَالسِّحْرِ وَلَيْسَ بِهِ.
(٤) ب، ا: كَيْفَ ابْتِدَاءُ اللَّهِ وَزَعَمَ. . إِلَخْ ; ن، م: كَيْفَ ابْتَدَأَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ فَزَعَمَ.
(٥) ب، ا: فَوَقَعَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ التَّاجُ ; ن، م: فَطَارَ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ التَّاجُ ; الْمَقَالَاتِ: فَوَقَعَ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ التَّاجُ. وَفِي الْفِصَلِ ٥/٤٣: فَوَقَعَ عَلَى تَاجِهِ ; الْفَرْقِ بَيْنَ الْفِرَقِ (ص [٠ - ٩] ٤٧) : فَطَارَ ذَلِكَ الِاسْمُ وَوَقَعَ تَاجًا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ; الْمِلَلِ وَالنِّحَلِ ١/١٥٧: فَطَارَ فَوَقَعَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ تَاجًا.
(٦) ع: وَذُكِرَ عَنْهُ أَشْيَاءُ مِنْ هَذَا الْجِنْسِ.
(٧) ن، م: الْقُشَيْرِيُّ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. وَالْكَلَامُ الْمَرْوِيُّ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَفِرْقَتِهِ هُنَا هُوَ الْمَذْكُورُ فِي مَقَالَاتِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ ١/٦٨ - ٧٢ مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ يَسِيرٍ وَسَبَقَ الْكَلَامُ عَنْهُ وَعَنْ فِرْقَتِهِ ١/٦٣. وَانْظُرْ أَيْضًا: لِسَانَ الْمِيزَانِ ٦ - ٧٨ ; تَارِيخَ الطَّبَرِيِّ ٥/٤٥٦ - ٤٥٧ ; الْمَقَالَاتِ ١/٩٥ - ٩٦ ; الْفَرْقَ بَيْنَ الْفِرَقِ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٤٦ - ١٤٨ ; التَّبْصِيرَ فِي الدِّينِ، ص [٠ - ٩] ١ - ٢٢، ٧٣ ; الْفِصَلَ لِابْنِ حَزْمٍ ٥/٤٣ - ٤٤ ; الْخِطَطَ لِلْمَقْرِيزِيِّ ٤/٣٤٩، ٣٥٣ ; أُصُولَ الدِّينِ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٤، ٣٣١ ; التَّنْبِيهَ لِلْمَلْطِيِّ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٥٢ - ١٥٤ ; فِرَقَ الشِّيعَةِ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٢، ٨٣ - ٨٤ ; الْبَدْءَ وَالتَّارِيخَ ٥/١٣٠. وَانْظُرِ التَّعْلِيقَ الْآتِيَ عَنِ الْبَزِيغِيَّةِ. .